Tag: Canada
Red Green Show, The
1 9 9 1 - 2 0 0 6 (Canada)
305 x 25 minute episodes
"I am a man, but I can change, if I have to,...
Starlost, The
1 9 7 3 (Canada)
16 x 60 minute episodes
This low-budget Canadian obscurity was seemingly produced with the money left over from Doctor Who.
Nevertheless, the...
Kids in the Hall, The
1 9 8 8 - 1 9 9 5 (Canada)
112 x 25 minute episodes
This ground-breaking, subversive Canadian comedy series featured an outstanding team (Dave...
Cannibal Girls (1973)
This Canadian-produced horror spoof by future SCTV stars starts when a young couple, Clifford (Eugene Levy) and his girlfriend Gloria (Andrea Martin,) experience car trouble and...
Adventures of Sinbad, The
1 9 9 6 - 1 9 9 8 (Canada)
42 x 60 minute episodes
In this over-the-top fantasy, loosely based on Arabian Nights, Sinbad (Zen Gesner) was...
Wojeck
1 9 6 6 - 1 9 6 8 (Canada)
18 x 60 minute episodes
This hour length landmark drama from the Candian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) focused...
Seaway
1 9 6 5 - 1 9 6 6 (Canada)
30 x 60 minute episodes
Made in Canada by England's ITC television company, this short-lived drama series...
Last Night (1998)
Last Night is perhaps the quietest of all films about the end of the world, offering a naturalistic study of behaviour and relationships in...
Killer Party (1986)
It's April Fool's Day and the sisters of Sigma Alpha Pi have found the perfect place to throw a party: the abandoned Delta Sigma...
Police Surgeon/Dr Simon Locke
1 9 7 1 - 1 9 7 5 (Canada)
95 x 30 minute episodes
Originally broadcast under the title Dr Simon Locke, this Canadian drama series featured...
Check It Out!
1 9 8 5 - 1 9 8 8 (Canada)
66 x 30 minute episodes
This dire Canadian sitcom starred Don Adams - best known as either...
Rock & Rule (1983)
Angel, a female member of a punk rock band in the apocalyptic future, is kidnapped by Mok, a legendary and malevolent old rocker.
Obsessed with a...
Quentin Durgens, MP
1 9 6 5 - 1 9 6 9 (Canada)
6 x 30 minute episodes
35 x 60 minute episodes
One of the first hour-long Canadian drama...
Crash Test Dummies
This Canadian band evolved from a Winnipeg bar band called Bad Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs.
Possessed of a highly-distinctive bass-baritone voice, vocalist/guitarist...
Four Lads, The
First known as The Four Dukes, this Canadian doo-wop group was formed in 1947 in Toronto by Jimmy Arnold, Bernie Toorish, Frank Busseri and...
Martha & The Muffins
Martha and The Muffins were a playful Canadian new wave band who had their roots in a mid-70s outfit called Oh Those Pants -...
Cowboy Junkies
Canadian musician Michael Timmins and his childhood friend Alan Anton formed a group called Hunger Project in 1979.
It was not successful and, relocating to...
Decoy For Terror (1967)
No-budget Canadian horror flick (also known as The Playgirl Killer) about a deranged artist with a nasty habit of killing and freezing his models when...
Rush
Rush began playing hard rock/heavy metal in Toronto bars. After financing a debut LP themselves, Neil Peart (an ingenious lyricist) replaced the band's original...
Neil Young
Since co-founding Buffalo Springfield in 1966 (and then splitting after two albums), Neil Young rarely stopped moving.
Born in Toronto in November 1945, Neil Perceval Young worked in...
